Top photos of the week

U-T San Diego's top photos for the week of August 10-16, 2014

This past Sunday's full moon is the closest and largest full moon of the year and the moon will not be this close again until the full moon of September 28, 2015.
— Nelvin C. Cepeda / UT San Diego/Twitter @NelCepeda

Tony D'Amato, left, from Ladera Ranch in Orange County watches his nine-year-old son, Michael D'Amato, center, as he comes down to the water after tossing him in the air while visiting Mission Bay Park. His five-year-old daughter Julia, and wife, ...
— Howard Lipin

Two bodies were found in the trunk of a car at the San Ysidro border crossing Tuesday. The car was taken into a secondary inspection area where investigators examined the car. Here investigators examine an orange Dodge Challenger.
— John Gastaldo / U-T San Diego

A juvenile California gray whale made a brief visit into the entrance to San Diego's Mission Bay Wednesday morning, to the delight of bay goers who got glimpses of its spouts, arching back and occasional flukes.
— John Gibbins / U-T San Diego

A juvenile California gray whale made a brief visit into the entrance to San Diego's Mission Bay Wednesday morning, to the delight of bay goers who got glimpses of its spouts, arching back and occasional flukes.
— John Gibbins / U-T San Diego

Large thunderclouds produced localized showers in the east county of San Diego Tuesday from Campo to Mount Laguna and then the desert before departing. These monsoon rainclouds are typical of the month of August in San Diego County.
— John Gastaldo

This past Sunday's full moon is the closest and largest full moon of the year and the moon will not be this close again until the full moon of September 28, 2015.
— Nelvin C. Cepeda / UT San Diego/Twitter @NelCepeda